I think I mentioned this a week or two ago, but we are working on adding Yumi’s voice to Rich’s ゆきの物語 story.
Here is the prototype. We would appreciate any feedback or suggestions for making it a better learning resource.

Japanese Graded Readers
This is a new product for us. To begin with I only stocked five copies of each of the four volumes just to test the waters. They sold out quickly. I just got a new shipment in last night and already we have moved at least 13 books! It’s [...]

Last night we finally got the 2006 JLPT books in. They have been out for about a month in Japan, but since we got our shipment by boat and boats don’t yet have an instant teleportation device installed (I know… What’s taking them so long?!) it took this long to arrive.
We worked late in [...]

Breaking News…
Kodansha just sent me their Fall 2007 / Winter 2008 catalog. Wow. I still write ‘06 on checks.
とにかく, I learned today Giles Murray is coming out with a new bilingual reader this Fall called Exploring Japanese Literature. Many of you have his Breaking into Japanese Literature book - and if you [...]

The other day I had the honor of meeting Mr. Charles Martin the author of this book:
The Last Great Ace
He has such a great knowledge of WWII history (including a lot of first hand knowledge!). As an American so connected with Japan today, I find it really difficult to believe we were once Enemies [...]

About a year ago we bought Makoto this music book.  He loved it so much we still use it today.  I decided to get a bunch in for the store with hopes of making a special "Makoto's Selection" for teaching Japanese to children (eventually).  
We finally got our first shipment of this first volume and [...]

I just started reading Musashi by Eiiji Yoshikawa (in English). It is definitely a page turner.  I'm only about 100 pages down the road, but I will do a full review when I am finished.  
  A director named Hiroshi Inagaki did a trilogy of movies based on this book staring the one and only [...]